Two 7-year-old children were wounded in separate shootings Thursday on the South Side, officials said. A girl was grazed in her thigh when a man arguing with another man after a basketball game fired a shot at 7:10 p.m. in the 13200 block of South St. Lawrence,... more

Two 7-year-old children were wounded in separate shootings Thursday on the South Side, officials said. A girl was grazed in her thigh when a man arguing with another man after a basketball game fired a shot at 7:10 p.m. in the 13200 block of South St. Lawrence,... more

Agency says Secret Service must decide plans With the NATO summit looming next month, Metra officials said Wednesday that they are looking at "different scenarios" to accommodate riders if rail service is affected or even shut down, but the agency was tight-lipped about discussing what options they might be considering.more

Judy Lihota, president of the Calumet Ecological Park Association, has been fighting for more than a decade to preserve the natural environment in the Calumet region of Chicago on the South East Side. In 1990, former Chicago Mayor Richard M.... more